Computer Hope
Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: Quakky on August 11, 2007, 04:13:14 PM
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Today i was tyring to fix my pc, so i borrowed a friend's RAM, I put it in my pc and when i finished with the ram, I put the stick back on his PC. His PC turned on, and then it wouldnt do anything else, but stay on. I thought something had gone wrong with his videocard, so i swap his videocard and nothing, i try to swap his ram with mine..nothing. I cant get anything out of my friend's PC, not even beeps.
Did i somehow fry his motherboard even thought the PSU turns on?
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Perhaps during your time borrowing his ram did you knock loose something? Maybe a cable, or plug?
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If you took out, or put in the ram into your friends computer while the computer was on, it is quite possible.
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To Vicar, Nope i didnt knock out anything, i made sure all parts were plugged in, and when nothing was booting up it was just a blackscreen and no beeps or anything, i tried running the PC by unplugging the Rom drives, and no response from the PC.
To honvetops, I have made sure everything is off, and im pretty sure i can tell a pc which is turned off from one thats turned on, espiecally with all the fans on his rig.
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Disconnect anything not required to boot your computer.
Check that everything is properly seated and connected.
Just leave the psu/mobo/cpu/1 stick of ram/graphics card. Try and start your computer.
Do you hear any beeps?
Do all the fans start?
Do you get any display on the monitor.
If not then the mobo is probably dead.
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I dont hear any beeps
All the fans start
I dont get any display on the monitor..
So i guess my m/b is fried...